Entertainment

The first international cultural exchange Halloween festival in Hanoi will take place at West Lake Park on October 31.

The Vietnam International Film Festival opened with the attendance of many film makers, directors, actors and actresses.

A Vietnamese hip-hop dance crew has bagged the first prize at Southeast Asia's Battle of the Year contest in Singapore.

Vietnam’s first International Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from October 17 to 21, 2010 and will showcase the best in Vietnamese and global cinema.

Japan will soon export its popular samurai TV drama series "Ryomaden" to its Asian neighbours.

Vietnamese and Danish artists will join together in a special concert titled “Sunny Days and Rainy Nights” due to take place in Hanoi.

A Vietnamese film made many spectators from South Korea feel moved after a show at the Pusan International Film Festival 2010.

The 9th Dep Fashion Show featuring a collection of dream designs will be held October 31st at The Garden Trade Centre in Hanoi.

Audiences in Hanoi will be treated to classical music from a Finnish quartet and performances by a Russian folk troupe.

A group of three students from the central province of Da Nang won the 1st prize in a national film contest.

As many as 42 objects related to Southeast Asian cultures are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on October 4.

A Vietnamese film week entitled New voices from Vietnam will take place in Beverly Hills, California in the US from November 5 to 14.

State-owned and private art troupes have expressed interest in a theatre project launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's performing and art department.

Bui Thac Chuyen, the acclaimed Vietnamese director, has started a new film project in a completely new genre for him.

Nearly 200 photos taken and collected by foreign expatriates in Vietnam as well as photographers from many countries are on display in Hanoi.

Spanish and Vietnamese artists will be staging a theatrical extravaganza on October 2 to mark the millennium of Hanoi.

Overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Khanh will represent Vietnam in the Miss World 2010 pageant in Sanya, China.

An exhibition called “Memories of the First Independence Day” was held in Hanoi on September 21.

When Singapore first announced it was building a Universal Studios theme park, sceptics wondered if the complex would draw enough crowds to be commercially viable.